Russian civil war reds and whites Flashcards
what where the reds strengths
they had more troops and were better organised they had Trotsky they had secret police morale was high had control of the train
what where the reds weakness
the consituate assembly didn't have support of the allies treaty of breast litovsk didn't have support of foreigners didn't have experience
who did the foreigners not support
the red
what was the name of the select police
Cheka
who had the support of the businessmen landowners
whites
who did the alias support
whites
what where the whites strengths
had military support from the alias
the support of the Czechs
the task if they could get him
were very experienced
weakness of the whites
ideological differences
the whites didn’t have a single leader
peasants didn’t want to lose land and they did nothin to win support from them
many of the alias army felt they had more in common with the reds
when did Trotsky become war commissar and why
13 march 1918 because he was ensuring discipline and keeping army morale high
what happened in May 1918
the Czech Legion refused to lay down arms and joined the whites
why was the Czech legion dangerous
they had a large and experienced military force
when was the Tsar killed and why
17 July 1918
because the whites had arrived where they were being kept prisoner and he could have brought a lot more support to the white
what led to the red terror
Franya Kaplan failed assignation attempt on Lenin
what was the red terror
it was when the Cheka would arrest and excute suspect people who supported the whites
when would the red terror go in
after the reds had taken an area from the whites
why did the Eastern Russia offensive fail and what date
18 November 1918
his army was split by disagreements and the reds army was able to force them to retreat
what was the advance on Petrogrrad and Moscow how was ut stopped
it was the closest the whites got to winning
in Moscow - tricksy organised a brilliant counter attack that forced them to retreat
what lead to the creation of the green army
the fact that the bolsheviks increased the grain tax on peasants which left them with nothing
what happened to the green army after the whites had been defeated
once the whites had been defeated 100 thousand troops was sent to kill and used poison to killl the rest
what where the reasons for the civil war
Moarchists who wanted to put the Tsar back into power Upper and middle class people who were in danger of losing everything Supports of the constituent assembly Other nationalities
